I am glad Man City won their derby. It's not because I am a City fan. It's because I am a whoever-beats-Man U-fan.
Football is a spectator sport and a team's fans can make or break a team. I suppose it's only right in some ways. If your team is doing well, you should celebrate and let off some firecrackers. But how far one team's fans go to piss off other teams' fans can sow the seeds of eternal discord. Rubbing the success in others' faces has its repercussions as it does now.
Man U has been doing exceptionally well for a good span of two decades and the talent and skills that's passed through the Red Devils' line up has been superb. Unfortunately, the fans come off as exceptional too in the arrogant department. Especially the one's with the collars up. (That's Cantona's fault) And that's galvanised everyone else to summon cosmic powers to dethrone the reigning champions. We're bored of the Red Devils' success. We're bored of how good the team is. We're sick of Alex Ferguson and his accent. He doesn't seem to go away. Many are, at least I am, glad that Newcastle and Tottenham are doing well and spicing up the top 6.
We'll wait and see how the remaining few games play out. Level on points the two teams are and it's a knife edge. It'll be most exciting if it goes down to the wire.
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